Crops are rotting in fields as Trump’s trade war bites US farmers American farmers are struggling to sell their products as tariffs introduced during the trade war between Washington and Beijing stifle demand. In certain states, farmers are being forced into plowing their crops under — effectively burying them under soil in fields — as […]
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Medicare Expanding
Medicare expands access to in-home support for seniors Medicare is experimenting with a new direction in health care. Starting next year, seniors in many states will be able to get additional services such as help with chores and respite for caregivers through private Medicare Advantage insurance plans. There’s a growing recognition that such practical help […]
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Asbestos Cancer Causing Being Released
Asbestos Imports Soar 2,000% as Trump Loosens Restrictions on Cancer-Causing Material As President Donald Trump’s industry-friendly Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) takes steps to loosen restrictions on the commercial use of asbestos—which is known to cause cancer and lung disease—an analysis of federal data published Tuesday found that asbestos imports to the U.S. surged by nearly […]
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Elder Bankruptcy??
Why are so many Americans over 65 declaring bankruptcy? The definition of bankruptcy is given as “legal status of a person or other entity that cannot repay debts to creditors.” In most parts of the U.S., bankruptcy is imposed by the court after a petition by the creditors. All over the country, thousands of people […]
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Student Loan Default
40% Of Borrowers May Default On Their Student Loans “The statistic showing a huge problem, but 40% of student loan borrowers may default on their student loans by 2023” According to the latest student loan statistics from personal finance site Make Lemonade, there are more than 44 million borrowers who collectively owe $1.5 trillion in […]
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Minnesota AG Race
Keith Ellison for Minnesota Attorney General “Brother Ellison has won the seat in Minnesota but I wrote this analysis before returns were counted in his favor. So the Minnesota electorate believed in this man’s innocents” We can imagine a world where everyone can live free, joyful lives, regardless of what they look like, where they […]
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Caged Children by HHS
HHS admits miscount left migrant children stranded in custody And Makes Excuses The Trump administration failed to include at least 14 migrant children in its count of minors whom officials separated from their families at the border, which has left the overlooked children in HHS custody for months, the administration told a federal court late […]
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Social Security Deception
Social Security and the U.S. deficit: Separating fact from fiction For decades, some of our most prominent U.S. politicians have been sounding the alarm that Social Security is an important driver of the federal budget deficit. But is that really true? U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, recently pointed to “entitlements” as the […]
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Birthright Citizenship Under Attack
Trump smacks Ryan for questioning his birthright citizenship plan “Donald has again is telling his lies and causing uproars by his off the cuff statements that news outlets are printing” When will these National Media News just stop and think?? Why are we printing this mess??? The president just claimed that the Supreme Court will […]
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Sister Rep. Kiah Morris
Vermont State Rep. Kiah Morris On Resigning From Office: ‘It Is Not A Resignation Of The Fight’ Many of you probably don’t know Rep. Kiah Morris of Vermont, she is the first black state representative of Vermont and she is retiring from office not because of outside political pressure but she wants to take care […]